The inclusion of the Black national anthem at last year's Super Bowl made Donald Trump's supporters and allies furious.
Some right-wingers charged that the performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" ahead of the Super Bowl promoted "segregation.
The Black National Anthem is a tribute to the struggle against the laws and social racism directed at people’s skin color and lack of class privilege.
It was written by James Weldon Johnson, who considered the piece a hymn. James Weldon Johnson's "Lift Every Voice and Sing," colloquially known as the Black national anthem, was originally written ...
It has since been sung as a hymn. Johnson’s brother, John Rosamond Johnson, set the poem to music in 1905, and the NAACP adopted it as the official Black national anthem in 1919. The NFL started ...
The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as a poem by then-NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900. His brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), ...
The hymn, 'Lift Every Voice and Sing,' adopted by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is often referred to as the Black national anthem. The hymn was performed ...
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Nevaeh “Vivi” Vilella, a sixth grader, delivers a moving rendition of ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing,’ amplifying Black History ...
The idea of there being a Black national anthem shouldn’t rub anyone the wrong way. The song “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was first performed in 1900 and officially adopted by the NAACP ...
That being said, I do watch the Super Bowl for cultural moments like the Black national anthem being sung. How the hell is this even a thing? What a repugnant, degenerate thing to do, to split up ...
President Donald Trump is set to attend the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday, which means he will watch a rendition of the Black national anthem. The performance of the hymn at last year's ...